Away

They pulled their hoods up over long, dark hair and quietly walked under the arcade, away from the door. Smooth female voices floated into the night sky, bright socks padding along the concrete walkway and around to the back. A pipe surfaced, and in the thick smoke that drifted back and forth between them, they wandered back through the day just passed, releasing it all in a steady verbal exhalation. The darkness matched their thick eyelashes and the gray shadows mirrored the crease of seductive collarbones. Their eyes scanned the dark outlines around them, and the two smiled quietly together.